CVE-2023-46647 (GCVE-0-2023-46647)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-21 20:45 – Updated: 2024-08-02 20:53
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Improper Privilege Management in GitHub Enterprise Server management console leads to privilege escalation
Summary
Improper privilege management in all versions of GitHub Enterprise Server allows users with authorized access to the management console with an editor role to escalate their privileges by making requests to the endpoint used for bootstrapping the instance. This vulnerability affected GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.8.0 and above and was fixed in version 3.8.12, 3.9.6, 3.10.3, and 3.11.0.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | Enterprise Server |
Affected:
3.8.0 , ≤ 3.8.11
(semver)
Affected: 3.9.0 , ≤ 3.9.5 (semver) Affected: 3.10.0 , ≤ 3.10.3 (semver) Unaffected: 3.11.0 |
guessed |
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